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Longfellow j Aug. 18, 1875 PROPERTY OF LIBRARY V S 3 / / 3VlOÔ ^DIVISION OF CULTURAL RESOURCES, NARO LONGFELLOW HOUSE A PROPOSED NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Prepared by NORTHEAST REGION of UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE A FIELD INVESTIGATION REPORT by Richard P. Wittpenn - Supervisory Park Planner Frank Barnes - Regional Historian Jack Lukens - Regional Architect February, I963 PRE-REVOLU Tl ON AA BUILDINGS and CONTINENTAL FORTIFICATIONS CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 1. Massachusetts HalI 1713 2 Harvard Hall 1766 3 Hollis Hall 1764 4. Holden Chaoel 1742 5. Wadsworth House 1725 6 John Hicks House 1760 7. Apthorp House 1760 8. Cooper-Frost-Austin House 1657 9. Vassal-Waterhouse-Ware House 1724 10. Vassal-Craigie-Longfellow House 1759 11. Brattle Mansion 1727 12. James Read House 1726 13. Henry Vassal House (Various) 1635 14. Lechmere-Sewell-Riedesel House 1762 15. Hooper-Lee-Nichols House 1660 16. Marrett-Ruggles-Fayerweather House 1760 17. Oliver-Gerry-LowelI House 1760 18. ChristChurch 1759 19. Fort Putnam 20. Fort No. 1 21 . Fort No. 2 22. Fort No. 5 23. Fort Washington Routes of British April 18 & 19, 1775 Route of Dawes April 18 1775 < Skirmish Locations, April 19, 1775 Other Continental Fortifications 3 0 I Houses East of Old Cambridge 1775 ■ Exhibit F CONTENT. S Page INTRODUCTION........................................ 1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS.......................... ...» 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED A R E A .................... 3 EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED A R E A ...................... 5 DEVELOPMENT AND U S E ...................... ...*.. 7 BOUNDARIES, LAND OWNERSHIP AND ASSESSED VALUES .... 9 ARCHITECTURAL E V A L U A T I O N ............................ 10 HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE............................ l6 APPENDICES INTRODUCTION This report on the Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts has' been prepared at the request of Director Conrad L. Wirth following initial correspondence between Mr. Francis G. Goodale, executive trustee of the Longfellow House, and members of the Department of Interior concerning the possibility of placing the Longfellow House and Property under the custody of the National Park Service. The primaiy purpose of the report is to determine the suitability and feasibility of the area for inclusion in the National Park System and to discuss the problems pertinent to its transfer, preservation, plan­ ning, development and operation. This report further explains the architectural importance of the house and its historical associations with important personages who dwelled there; provides a historical background; and, finally, contains an architectural analysis of the buildings. In gathering information for this report, material assistance was given by Mr. Francis G. Goodale, executive trustee of the Longfellow House Trust; by Mr. Thomas H. deValeourt, curator at the Longfellow House for many years; and by Mr. Frank 0. Buda, guide and custodian for 35 years. Their cooperation and assistance are gratefully acknowledged. The field investigation for this report was undertaken during the week of January lk, 1962. 1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS The Longfellow House is of exceptional importance, and, from the stand­ point of national significance, is fully suitable for inclusion in the National Park System under Theme XX, The Arts and Sciences, Sub-theme on Literature, Drama and Music; it may also be cross-referenced to the Sub-theme on Architecture under Theme XX. However, the importance of the house lies in its connection with the poet, Longfellow, who occupied this house as his residence from 1837 to 1882. It is suggested that the area be designated as the Longfellow National Historic Site. The area, as it exists, is completely adequate; thus, it is suggested that no additional lands be acquired for maintenance, administration, protection or visitor use. Public transportation to the Site is available from Boston and the area is easily reached by existing roads. Adequate parking area for ten cars exists along Brattle Street in front of the property. Housing of personnel in the City of " \ Cambridge presents the usual problems existent in a college town of this size. It is noted that Article IV of the Supplemental Indenture of Trust executed on November 18, 191^, provides for "conveyance to a corpor­ ation" (underscoring supplied). See Appendix A-;2.''Supplemental Indenture of Trust". 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED AREA. The Longfellow House, owned and administered by the Longfellow House Trust, is located at 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts on I .98 acres of land. The house is situated in a good neighborhood of fine old homes, seme of which are outstanding examples of colonial^Greek revival, and Victorian styles. The Longfellow House is a New England house of the late Georgian period. Balustrades, steps, and terraces enhance the' appearance of the house; and the facade is adorned by a central pavillion and pediment, a rather prominent modillioned cornice, and four giant white ionic pilasters. The windows, however, are simple openings, equipped with both interior shutters and exterior blinds. The house is almost square and has a double hipped roof, with four t lower slopes crowned by balustrades which conceal four upper slopes of very low pitch. The plan is of central-hall type with interior chimneys, differing from the norm only in the depth of the hall which permits a partitioned back hall with a separate servants' staircase. Two yellow brick chimneys are capped with ornamental hoods. Piazzas on the east and west sides overlook lawns and formal garden. The house is open to the public daily and receives 30^000 visitors each year. Behind the house and to the west stands a well constructed and preserved two-story carriage house and barn approximately 6 0 ' x 2 0 ' in dimension> designed and built for Mr. Longfellow in 18^5- I 3 The grounds around the house are well landscaped and well cared for. East and adjacent to the rear portion of the.house is a formal garden designed by Longfellow which resembles an Italian garden he had seen while visiting Italy. The flower beds, with their borders of boxwood, make up a symmetrical pattern, something like that in an oriental rug. In the center, four pear-shaped beds make up a circle. This in turn is enlarged by triangular beds in the corners so as to make a square. On either side of this are large oblongs, broken up into quatrefoils and triangles. The gateway to the path leading from the garden to the barn consists of side posts and pediment taken from the Longfellow House in Newbury, built in 1685. A General Plan of the formal garden, consisting of 13 drawings, was made by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1935. In front of the property and across Brattle Street is a small formal park, Longfellow Park, .vned by the City of Cambridge which, extends almost to the Charles River and was once part of the original Long­ fellow Property. This house together with sixteen others, two reli­ gious buildings, one clubhouse, and the Longfellow Park are recommended by the Historic Districts Study Committee, City of Cambridge as a proposed Historic District under the Historic Districts Act of Mass­ achusetts, General Laws, Chapter 40C, enacted in i960. (See Appendix C). k THe Longfellow House, about 1870. Note the side piazza (balanced by another on the opposite side of the house) and the ell in the rear, built post-1791 by Andrew Craigie. The Longfellow House today stands virtually unchanged. The Study, about 1872. Longfellow himself sits in the long leather- covered chair by the door to the Library. The Study Today. The tall bookcase at top right center is the one at the left of the photo above. The bookcase at the extreme upper right—together with another like it on the other side of the fire­ place (see above)— represents the only significant furnishing change in the room since Longfellow's day. In the center foreground is the desk at which Longfellow stood to write many of his poems. The Front H all. Entering by the massive front door with its large brass knocker, one comes into the hallway. Here can be seen the front staircase with its elaborately carved newel post and balusters of three different types. On the landing is an ornate seventeenth- century Dutch clock. The Library, about 1875. Today much the same. Originally square, and the dining room of builder John Vassall, this room was lengthened, post -1791, by Andrew Craigie, at which time the two fluted columns supporting a heavy entablature were added in the middle of the long interior wall shown. Formal Garden, designed by Longfellow, resembles an Italian garden. TFieTT ower-beds , with their border of boxwood, make up a symetrical pattern. In the center, four pear-shaped beds make up a circle. This in turn is enlarged by triangular beds in the corners so as to make a square.
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